Recently, digital art has been swarming the art industry. Traditional art has become less and less popular now that we have more technology. Digital art does not have the hands-on experience that traditional provides. Traditional art also requires skill to not mess up, as there no undo key. Though no media is considered better, and both are considered forms art, the following will state the pros of traditional art.

Traditional art is much cheaper in the long run. Although some may say that traditional art requires more money for tools and equipment, it costs much more than a computer and a tablet would. The cheap computers go for about 100 dollars, along with the 150 dollars tablet, (Though some computers and tablets are over 2,000 dollars) along with the electricity required (over 300 dollars per year). This costs much less than the one cent per peice of paper. Though some traditional media is much more expensive, the minimum amount of money spent on traditional is much cheaper than digital. Because this, traditional art is much cheaper than digital, contrary to popular belief.

Due to the “undo” key that digital art has, it is much more skillful to complete traditional art than digital. With digital art, if you make a mistake you can simply undo it, allowing you to make as many accidents with your art as you want. However, if you were very good at traditional, you shouldn’t need these extra chances if you are more skillful because you take less shortcuts. In digital art, if you misdraw something you can also simply select and move it, which allows you to be more sloppy with your drawing process. Since traditional art requires you to be more skillful, you will make less mistakes and be able to improve faster.

Experiencing the medium and tools is also better than drawing on a tablet. You have tons of mediums to choose from. There’s also a wide variety of tools that you can use that are physically there, allowing you to have more control over the drawing. You can tell that the hands on drawing is much easier, if you’ve ever tried drawing on a tablet. Staring at a screen can strain your eyes as well. Also, traditional art is much more respected and worth more, due to the uniqueness of each creation you make. Using traditional art allows you to have various tools to choose from and is easier to work on.

Traditional art isn’t better nor worse than digital, but it has many pros compared to it. Traditional art is cheaper than digital art. It also is much easier to learn from digital because there are no short cuts, and traditional art also gives a hands on experience that digital doesn’t provide. This art form is also worth much more. However, if you want to have shortcuts, spend more money, and not experience the feel of paintbrushes, be my guest.